César Fernández Díaz

“I am looking for a wine with minerality, elegance, acidity, and austerity in a fine, narrow and raw way. I am not looking for wines with an excess of explosive and opulent fruit, but rather more mineral-driven wines with tension and electricity on the palate—wines with definitive character.” Part-time musician and full-time organic wine grower, César Fernández Díaz focused on his garage-size project after enology school followed by a decade working with Spanish wine revolutionaries like Bernabeleva and Commando G. Based in Ribera del Duero, though not under D.O. certification, he is focused on replanting ancient, abandoned sites and reclaiming forgotten ones for his organic Tempranillo-based wines.